Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-12

burglar WAS trying to get in. You see we
have had that burglar alarm set for seven
years, every night, and ii has never rung.
J and il was no wonder my wife WAS any
.ous 10 find ont WI. e. the burglar was.
She felt ~ though our long aud patient
waiting inr a burglar was about To be n,
wardcd, and that We were "oIng To Iralinr
on Our outlay i1r the burglar alarm. ~ she
was climbing over me, when ] concluded
it WAS the telephone bell. and ! was going
TO climb ont on her side. and We collided.
She went ont over the foot board aud
struck her knee pan against the ton of il,
ami screamed murder"
The train dr,paichcr's young man rN-
cuSed himself, and said he would have 10
get OF, and 80 the old kicker turned 10 the
only girl that was left, and who works ia
4 box factory, and continued:
"My wife Thought she had been shot in
the knee hY u burglar and after looking ~
the Indicator she went back to bed and
visited the telephone. i bass voice an
swcrcd Inc, and said there WAS 4 message
for me. was . httlc nervous. because !
thought 4 message a. that time al NIGHT
meant that S"mcbody W., dead, but ! had
courage Ia listen, aud / told the telephone
man to 20 ahead
The box factory girI rung the belt and
got Of the car at hrr corner. and the old
ecker looked mad, bat he turned 10 =
biz whiSkcrrd man with 20 pail al lunch
who sat >lrrpily IN the opposite corner "I
the ear, aud touched him on the knee
with his cane ami proceeded.
''rhr irlrphou, man read the message,
Send earring" u u u'rluck tram, and then
was hot. I SAID. 'EycnS" me, but amt
this mc,>lgr a title late and he said, i
don't know rs 1t is, and told him it
seemed Ia me that since the train alluded
to had arrived seven hours previously, It
WAS not absolutely necessary To wake a
family ont Of Il sound sleep
at midnight when the mcSslg"
would keep I'LL morning, aud
cause a woman to sprsin her knee tryimgto
catch the burglar alarm, hut the telephone
man said he didn't know bat il might he
interesting Ia know that the dispatch had
arrived, and he wanted something 10 do 4"
keep him awake. - he had called me up.
Then | stood tiieT" IN my night shirt, and
for half an hour ! gave that telephone
man. who wanted something Ia keep hlm
awake. my opinion of the telegraph. rnd ]
worked IN 4 GOOD deal about III" iri'rh"n'
monopoly that didH't sct we'll on MS
stomach. | gurss. !nr after ] got through
talking ! said Hello. mu; De- Was NOT
listening 10 mr. SO que. h" turned
himself off. and Jet me talk alone. Any
WAY my wife GALE! "a me- O." get the cam
ph0r to rub her knee. and the fact of the
fact of the matter /, ~" didn't sleep an
other wink all ur,hl. Don't you think il
was = shame and an outrage said the
whi~l,crrd mrn with the lunch, who had
pulled the strap t0 get oil.
''Vo.,' ,lIi the biz whlskcrcd man, rs
he got mp to ct of.
"Isiy. don't you think it was Il shame
Nix ;urstay,'' said the man - he
aIishtcd, and It dawnel upon the old
kicker that he hah been telling his story
TO a man who did understand q word OF
English.
CONDEMNED ]lmpuh"nt and ignorant
and impOlitc lot OF passengers rid" on
these cas-, % said tn" old kitk": ~ he pre-
pared 10 get ont at the nest ,"rn"r.